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But I thought bananas were eggs :(
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this post was submitted on 25 Nov 2025
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I Didn’t Have Eggs
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People making changes to recipes and then complaining it didn’t turn out.
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How often does one have to try?
It depends on the recipe. Replacing egg with banana in muffins, where you mainly need it for the moisture? Works fine.
Replacing egg with banana in a custard, where you need it as a binding agent and stiffener? Won't work.
Replacing egg white with banana in a meringue? What are you even doing?
Having read more than one discussion column on recipe sites, I would not put it past some people. They would first complain that there are no instructions on how to separate a banana, then that whisking it does not produce something resembling a beaten egg white, and finally that baking it produces something not even close to meringue. Ah, yes, and because they added the amount of sugar given in the recipe, they'll finally complain about the result being overly sweet.
They then leave a 1 star because the recipe was awful.
Simple: Try to make a mushroom omelette with bananas subbing for the eggs. Repeat until recipe produces a tasty mushroom omelette.
It has to work, eventually!